New Essential Education Discoveries Act of 2025

This bill would create a National Center for Advanced Development in Education within the federal Institute of Education Sciences, led by a new Commissioner. The center would fund and test new teaching methods, learning technologies, and student assessments through grants, cash prizes, and contracts, and could hire staff outside normal federal civil service hiring rules. It would set up a temporary advisory panel of 8 to 12 members that issues yearly public reports. The bill authorizes $500 million per year for the center from 2026 through 2030. It also rewrites the federal grant program that helps states build data systems linking student records from early childhood through college and the workforce, authorizing $500 million for 2026 and at least that amount in later years.

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Sponsors

• Suzanne Bonamici Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors